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Martínez-Izquierdo, Luis; Torres Sánchez, Mónica – Cogent Education, 2022
In the search for solutions to national skill formation challenges, the central and northern Europeans models of good practices in dual vocational education and training (VET) permeated the imaginary of the southern countries. Particularly, the German dual VET system has been predominant in the discourse of policy-makers. This research analyses…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Skill Development
Bennett, Vanessa; Lamback, Sara – Jobs for the Future, 2020
The IT industry is dynamic and quickly evolving. As a surge of diverse training models across subsectors and occupations is becoming available, this is a unique opportunity to enhance training practices and better align them to meet industry and employer needs. This brief offers recommendations for IT training providers to strengthen their work…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Computer Science Education, Entry Workers, Demand Occupations
Kuczera, Malgorzata; Bastianic, Tanja; Field, Simon – OECD Publishing, 2018
One of a series of studies on vocational education and training, this review assesses the apprenticeship system and vocational education and training in Israel and provides policy recommendations. Israel has experienced strong economic growth over the last decade, and labour shortages are observed in many sectors and occupations. At the same time,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Vocational Education, Educational Change
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2018
Work in 2015-17 signals continuity with earlier national strategies and initiatives. It confirms the recent focus on apprenticeships and other forms of work-based learning, and increasing attention to widening access to VET and qualifications, two areas that have been reinforced by EU-level policy packages. The report also presents measures taken…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, Vocational Education, Educational Policy
Dorr, Eugene L.; Golden, Robert E. – Thrust for Education Leadership, 1972
State legislation initiating career education in Arizona and its results in 13 separate programs throughout the state are described. (MU)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Development, Career Education, Educational Change
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Haydn, Terry; Hake, Clare – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1995
Examines recent changes, and the motives behind them, in teacher education in England and Wales. Recent years have seen a move toward reducing the role of higher education and creating school-based systems of training reminiscent of apprenticeships. Motives behind this reform trend appear to be primarily political. (SLD)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Ainley, Patrick, Ed.; Rainbird, Helen, Ed. – 1999
The 14 chapters in this volume examine different types of apprenticeships from a variety of perspectives. "Introduction" (Patrick Ainley, Helen Rainbird) provides an overview of the content. Three chapters in Part 1 examine the history of apprenticeship: "The Apprentice in History" (Richard Aldrich); "The Changing…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational History
Bottoms, Gene – 1993
The Southern Regional Education Board-State Vocational Education Consortium conducted a Fall 1992 forum as part of ongoing staff development for High Schools that Work leaders. It was devoted to the changing nature of the workplace and the need for upgraded standards of what to teach and what to expect of students in high school vocational…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Coordination
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Hamilton, Stephen F.; Hurrelmann, Klaus – Teachers College Record, 1994
Compares American and German educational system structures, emphasizing organizational and curricular features of school- and work-based preparation for the labor market. The countries have fundamentally different school to work transition models which significantly affect their students. The article makes recommendations for improving both…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Choice, Career Development, Comparative Education
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Hamilton, Stephen F. – Educational Researcher, 1993
Challenges identified by T. Bailey (1993) as obstacles to youth apprenticeship programs are accurate but do not justify the turn to alternative approaches he recommends. U.S.-style program can be built to overcome these difficulties if employer-worker collaboration can be fostered and institutional bases can be constructed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Educational Policy
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Bailey, Thomas – Educational Researcher, 1993
S. F. Hamilton and the author agree on the potential of youth apprenticeship programs for education but disagree on the strength of the problems facing implementation of apprenticeship models. A two-level reform strategy is recommended to develop an institutional and legal structure and to encourage employer participation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Hughes, Maria – 2002
The reasons for the deterioration of the inspection grades awarded for work-based learning (WBL) provision in England were examined. The main data collection activities were as follows: (1) a statistical analysis of the Training Standards Council (TSC) and Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) inspection grades in 1998-2001; (2) a qualitative review…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Apprenticeships, Change Strategies, Delivery Systems
Couch, Kenneth A. – American Enterprise, 1993
Emulating the German approach to vocational education through youth apprenticeships, as has been suggested by the Clinton administration, may not work any better than the system we have and may be more expensive. Issues in restructuring education to improve the transition from school to work are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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Bailey, Thomas – Educational Researcher, 1993
Although youth apprenticeship models appear to have great potential, the following problems must be addressed before the strategy can succeed: (1) securing employer involvement; (2) assuring and improving the quality of on-the-job learning; and (3) confronting equity issues in public policy in incorporating work into the core educational system.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
Goetz, Stephan J. – 1996
The importance of a skilled and highly educated workforce to economic well-being is widely recognized, and the relationship between skills and income is becoming stronger over time. Largely as a result of growing demand for skilled workers, state-level training programs are becoming increasingly important as complements to federal programs.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Career Education, Cooperative Education
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